Disclaimer-J.K Rowlings owns all of the characters in this fic except for Sarah Grant.
"Thanks for taking me here Mrs. Jones." Sarah said to the kind witch that had taken her to Platform 9 and 3/4.
"Oh, it's no problem dear. Do have a good year at Hogwarts. I hope you have lots of fun, goodbye now. You better hurry or you'll be late." Mrs. Jones said.
"Thanks. Goodbye!" Sarah said as she stepped on the train.
Sarah thought that there sure were a lot of students at the train station. There were there times the amount of students that attended Swansing. She hoped that all of the witches and wizards were as nice as Mrs. Jones.
When Sarah entered the train she found an empty compartment. She sat her stuff down in a seat and then sat down herself. She listened to the sounds around her.
Sarah loved the way that all the people on the train talked. Most of them sounded English but a few had different accents. She was always more comfortable watching people than talking to them. Sarah was deep in thought when a boy walked in to the compartment and asked, "Is anyone else sitting in this compartment?"
"Uh, no," Sarah said.
"Can me and my friends sit here then?" The boy asked.
"Sure." Sarah said.
"So, what's your name?" the boy asked.
"I'm Sarah Grant," she said.
"You look too old to be a first year," the boy said.
"I'm a fifth year. I'm an exchange student from Swansing School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's in the United States." Sarah said.
"Oh, I've never heard of it before," the boy said.
"That's because it's not very big. By the way, what's your name?" she asked.
"Seamus Finnagin," he said.
"Where are you from?" Sarah asked him.
"Ireland," he said.
"Really, I've always wanted to go there. I bet it's beautiful." Just then another boy walked in.
"Hey Dean, this is Sarah Grant." Seamus said pointing at the other boy.
"Hi, Sarah," Dean said to her.
"Hello, Dean, nice to meet you." Sarah replied.
"She's an exchange student from America," Seamus told Dean.
"How long are you staying?" Dean asked her.
"A year," she said.
"Well, I hope you have a good year here. I'm sure you'll like it at Hogwarts," Dean said. "I'm going to go find Harry, Ron, and Hermione, I'll see you guys later.
"Bye, Dean," Sarah called after him.
"So what house do you think you'll get sorted into?" Seamus asked.
"Well, I don't know what the houses are." Sarah said looking a little embarassed.
"Slytherin is the worst house, it's where all of the dark wizards come from. Hufflepuff is for the kind and loyal people. Ravenclaw's are smart, and Gryffindor's are brave." He explained.
"Well, I don't know, but I'm pretty sure I won't be in Slytherin, I'm not a mean person. What house are you in?" Sarah asked.
"I'm in Gryffindor and so is Dean." He said.
"That's cool, so is there anything else I need to know?" Sarah asked.
"Well, you should stay away from Draco Malfoy. By the way are you a pureblood?" Seamus said.
"Yes, both of my parents are wizards. So who is this Draco Malfoy?" She asked.
"I am Draco Malfoy." Said a good-looking boy who had just walked into the compartment. He had blond hair and pretty gray eyes unlike any she had ever seen before. "And this is Crabbe and Goyle." He said pointing at two large unattractive boys that were on either side of him. "The question is, who are you."
"I'm Sarah Grant." When she said this she was thinking that this Draco Malfoy was a very rude boy.
"Where are you from, Sarah Grant?" He asked.
"I'm an exchange student from the U.S." She said.
"What year?" He asked.
"Fifth." She answered.
"Are you a pureblood?"
"Yes."
"Well, I hope to see you in Slytherin, it's the best house you know." Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle then left the compartment.
"Seamus, what was that all about?" Sarah asked curiously.
"I don't know, but it seems that Drco Malfoy has taken a liking to you. If I were you I'd stay away from him and his friends." Seamus told her.
"They didn't seem that mean, even though they were a little rude." Sarah said.
"Just wait until you see what they do to my friends, Harry, Ron, and Hermione." Seamus said.
"Uh, okay." Sarah said while wondering what Seamus was talking about.
"Well, I'm going to go talk to some of my friends now, do you want to come with me?"
"No thanks, I think I'll just stay here. I'm getting kind of tired I might just take a nap." Sarah replied.
"Okay bye, then." He said, waving on his way out.
"Bye!" Sarah called as he left the train compartment.
When Seamus left Sarah thought about all of the people she had met. They were all very interesting people and she was looking forward to making new friends. "This is going to be an interesting year," she thought aloud.